Research on Vehicle Height Adjustment Control of Electronically Controlled Air Suspension 2015-01-2750
Electronically controlled air suspension (ECAS) systems have been widely used in commercial vehicles to improve the ride comfort and handling stability of vehicles, as it can adjust vehicle height according to the driving conditions and the driver's intent. In this paper, the vehicle height adjustment process of ECAS system is studied. A mathematical model of vehicle height adjustment is derived by combining vehicle dynamics theory and thermodynamics theory of variable mass system. Reasons lead to the problems of “over-charging”, “over-discharging” and oscillation during the process of height adjustment are analyzed. In order to solve these problems, a single neuron proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller is proposed to realize the accurate control of vehicle height. By simulation and semi-physical rig test, the effectiveness and performance of the proposed control algorithm are verified.
Citation: Huang, T., Chen, G., Zong, C., and Zhou, T., "Research on Vehicle Height Adjustment Control of Electronically Controlled Air Suspension," SAE Technical Paper 2015-01-2750, 2015, https://doi.org/10.4271/2015-01-2750. Download Citation
Author(s):
Tan Huang, Guoying Chen, Changfu Zong, Tong Zhou
Affiliated:
ACSL Jilin University
Pages: 7
Event:
SAE 2015 Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Commercial vehicles
Mathematical models
Vehicle dynamics /flight dynamics
Simulation and modeling
Vehicle drivers
Comfort
Thermodynamics
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